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That's probably true, in my 2014 NHRA rulebook (I just looked) the maximum allowed wheelbase for Pro Stock is 105" and the shortest is 104"...but I don't know how it was before that as I don't have any older rule books. I know the Generation 3 Camaro and Firebird didn't handle that well on the track as the wheelbase was short, and when the longer 107.5 wheelbase mid 90's Olds Cutlass came it became popular as it handled a lot better than the Camaro/Firebird did and many used it as long as the body style was allowed in NHRA (5 years) and finally had to change to a newer style. Another factor wich decide what the Pro teams use is what the Official Car for NHRA is at the time, I know it has been Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and I believe it's Toyota now...but you don't see many Toyota bodied Pro Stock cars...yet. But with the current rules it's for sure possible as you can have any body/engine combination as long as the body is newer than 5 years. The early Generation 3 Firebird John built here is the Pro Street "White Lightning" version from 1986-87 and if I remeber correctly has never been reissued....it's based on the Monogram Camaro Pro Stock kits and it has the first version of the chassis (Reher Morrison and Frank Iaconio Camaros). This chassis evolved two times from the original one from 1984 as they changed bodys and as you say the chassis in the recently reissued Reher Morrison Camaro and the upcoming reissue of the Frank Iaconio Camaro is from the latest Firebird versions from 1999 (Summit Racing and GM Goodwrench Firebirds), they did a slightly updated version before that in 1991 (STP and Pennzoil Firebirds and L.A.P.D. Camaro). They modified the tool for the chassis when they did this so they can't go back without cutting a new tool as the old one doesn't exist anymore. Monogram did a couple of Pro Street kits in 1986-87 based on the first Pro Stock tooling and they did the "Mean And Nasty" Camaro, the "White Lightning" Firebird and the "Red Hot" Thunderbird...all with slicks and front runners, gold plated shiny bits and tinted windows. The "White Lightning" Firebird was never released as a Pro Stock, just the Pro Street version.

The Super Boss hood is the longer 74 inch hood. What's talked about here is the cowl extension used on trucks with higher horse power engines before the longer 74 inch hood came into production in 1970, they extended the cowl on the cab and used the shorter 63 inch hood without cutouts for the air cleaner tubes.

I bought one on ebay some time ago and it wouldn't surprise me if Round 2 re-issued it any day now. It's a AMT kit but AMT was owned by Lesney Products in Great Brittain between 1978 and 1983 wich made Matchbox toy models, so the kit boxes was labeled with both Matchbox and AMT brands at that time.

It would be nice if someone did decals to do the real version from the January 1971 Hot Rod article much like the model above. As far as I have read George didn't use this car much and it dissappeared soon after.

Nice build, but I'm curious, what's wrong with the wheelbase? The third generation Camaro and Firebird have the same 101 inch wheelbase and I assume the Pro Stock Camaro and Firebird race cars back in the day shared the same chassis specs...and as far as I know there is no limitation on the wheelbase other than it has to be right for the specific car type in the Pro Stock class, so the wheelbase is different depending on what car you use.

The SWC kit has decals to do the black or the blue version. These kits are nice but not entirely correct for the subjects they are supposed to be.

KFS has the 1693 marked as "Yellow Engine" and I think Spaulding Trading And Shipping may have it, he sells stuff from KFS and I bought one from him once on ebay a while ago.

AITM has the old KW sleeper with one piece doors and wavy back wall, I just bought two for an upcoming project...two you say?!?...well the Tyrone Malone Boss Truck Of America had two sleepers of that style.

The MPC/ERTL 11.00-20 tires fits quite well on the AMT 11.00-22 rims so they work if you don't look at the markings.

I think the Model T Roadster pickup was available from the factory only 1925-1927.

It looks to be crank case ventilation, the tube goes over to a black hose without any clamps on it so it can't be any pressure there, it must go to a catch tank somewhere in the car. The engine setup is very similar on the 33 Willys and same type of tube is present... the hose is transparent in this case. And the Mr Gasket Gasser has this crank case vent tube and transparent hose where the fuel pump usually sits on a SOHC, on the Malco Gasser and 33 Willys this location is blocked off with a plate.

A GT 500 is not that hard to do, take the FE 428 engine and side stripes from the AMT 68 Shelby GT 500 and you are done.

Don't mention it, as you strive for accuracy...wich I also do when I build something like this...I thought that you wanted this part to be right too.

The pump drive also drives the magneto from an angle gear (the blue thing the magneto is attached to), the angle gear unit itself is driven from the cam drive and is bolted to the front of the timing chain cover, and the fuel pump is in front of it driven by the same unit from the same shaft. The setup kind of looks like this, not exactly the same as this is a more recent unit, but you might get the drift. Here is the setup he used on the 33 Willys wich is the same as on the Malco Gasser.

The magneto already is at the front on the left side on the timing chain cover driven of the fuel pump drive on the Malco Gasser.

Yeah you are right, the SOHC engine in the early version of the Malco Gasser Mustang doesn't seem to have a return line from the metering valve at the injector on top of the blower. But there has to be a bypass return line somewhere in the system as you tune these mechanical fuel systems with how much fuel you send back to the tank, otherwise the engine will drown as the fuel pump delivers more than the engine needs to run, so maybe he just used a bypass return only from the fuel pump on the early versions of the SOHC engines in his cars because the Malco 33 Willys Coupe and the early 427 SOHC powered Mr Gasket Gasser Mustang doesn't have a return from the metering valve either. At least on a "Fuel" car they have return lines from several places in the system, but they use larger pumps and a whole lot more fuel than a Gasser does.

I'll check them out. Here is a couple of pictures I found of the GMP model just now that can be helpful.

Well I save reference pictures on every model I plan to build myself and the "Ohio" George cars are among them. I have quite a few pictures of many subjects in my library by now and I like to do research as a part of this hobby, but I don't remember where I got every picture I just save them in folders on my hard drive when I find them and I often stumble upon them unexpectedly. So I try to help other modelers out if I can whenever I can.

Awsome as usual Clay.

It's a Ford 9 inch axle and it can be found in large and some medium Ford cars, Ford pickup trucks, street/hot rods, some hi perf street cars and race cars. This particular axle looks like the one in the AMT 39 Wagon Rod.

It even look smaller than an 8 inch rear end.

Very impressive, keep up the good work.

I'm glad if could be of any help to you.

I have gone through all my "Ohio" George car pictures on my hard drive but haven't found any good pictures that explains the fuel and cooling system in an easy way on the 67 Malco Gasser Mustang, but the car didn't have a regular radiator, it looks like a kind of combined fuel tank/ coolant overflow tank in front of the engine wich holds fuel and water, the water was circulated through the engine and connected to the tank with small diameter tubes and hoses wich goes in where the water pump normaly sits on the engine block, I don't think he used a water pump on the car, at least the engine didn't have one. Another thing I noticed is that this tank was changed and the version of the Malco Gasser that exist today has a different tank from the one used on the early version and he used the same setup on the 69 Mr Gasket Gasser Mustang. Here are some of the pictures of this area I have saved in my files over the years. First the early version of the tank/radiator wich is in the MPC kit. And the late version as it is today, now it's a combined fuel/water tank. The fuel/water tank on the Mr Gasket Gasser before the turbo version. I hope they will show what you need...or at least give you a hint.